Year, I adofited measures for arranging that the supervision of all works performed by the Departinent should be undertaken Ly the Chinese Overseer to whom I gave the requisite instructions and a short the Contracts, and he together
by
detoul of
with his cookies when
necessary
ivere
always stationed on the work to see
that the services were
and
my
properly performed
directions to the workmen
or Contractor fully complied with;
thus the Road round the Joland was
regularly visited, its state of repair constantly reported, as well as
the proopes made with the few works of
Construction ordered on the Aberdeen and Itanley Road, also when repairing and improving the road to North Point the same service was
performed; in addition to this I directed the
Overseer and his men to take a
general charge of the honds and Street Drains, &c. in the City, to executin contingent repairs in such places where
it was not nec
necessary
to send the
gang
of Convicts; by this arrangement with
the assistance of Convict labour I was
enabled to keep the whole City no repair without disbursing and able to affect
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hatever,
been in
never
which I have previous years.
The Overseer
was ordered to attend
the Office every day for instructions,
time give
and at the same
a written
report of the previous day's work; thus
during the
in
year
30 day's
labour
were
dauge
occupied in grassing slopes, 15°
surveying. 288 days clearing drains and side channels, 488 days repairing and weeding roads and streets, and 102 days in attending to the trees on the Roads; this together with